[FM Discuss] "CC" license without "By" -- similar to public domain but has restriction.

[adam hyde]

On Sat, 2009-10-17 at 14:37 +0300, Tomi Toivio wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am at FinHack. Here I am asked again about the compatibility of
> FLOSS Manuals' GPL license with other documentation sites that use the
> CC license? What should I say? Is it possible to copy and paste text
> from a CC site to a GPL site and vice versa? This would make
> collaboration with other FLOSS documentation sites easier...

tell them no, but the world will be a MUCH better place when booki is
born...booki is the way, the truth, and ...yadda yadda

;)

adam


> 
> Best regards
> Tomi
> 
> 2009/10/17 adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net>
>         On Sat, 2009-10-17 at 05:06 +0530, A. Mani wrote:
>         > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 2:52 AM, adam hyde
>         <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:
>         > > then you can get material in pdf. html, odt, epub etc and
>         they all have
>         > > attribution
>         > >
>         > > booki will model this but take it a bit further since in
>         FM we use one
>         > > license (gpl)...to manage a repository with multiple
>         licenses takes more
>         > > mechanics...
>         >
>         >
>         > GFDL or GPL. The GFDL is clearly more easier to interpret
>         for
>         > documents (including those with source files). Are you sure
>         about the
>         > compatibility  of the latest GFDL ?
>         
>         
>         FM uses the GPL...FDL is a nightmare for _any_ document. and
>         the worst
>         thing possible to use with free documentation since the FDL is
>         _not_
>         compatible with the GPL (so u cant dist the docs with the
>         code) ...but i
>         have said this all before :
>         http://en.flossmanuals.net/FLOSSManuals/FreeDocumentation
>         
>         adam
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         > Best
>         >
>         > A. Mani
>         >
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